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 an amazing book I love it. you get to practice diff. types of questions. Also, the difficulty level varies. I would recommend this to all who is studyin for the Gmat. As absolute essential if you're going to take the GMAT I used this book in conjunction with the Princeton Review and Kaplan books. The Princeton Review is a huge help for its review of the math fundamentals, but lacks a bit on questions. The Kaplan book is good because it prepares you for a harder test than the actual exam. This book, however, does the best job at just grilling you endlessly with questions. As most of them are actual retired test questions, they are the most accurate in terms of preparing you for the test. The wording in most is very similar to the actual exam, unlike a lot of the Kaplan questions. And many ranges of difficulty are covered, letting you prepare on multiple levels. The only shortcoming of the book is that it alone will not prepare you for the test - you need a review of the math section and some additional guidance for the verbal, which is the purpose of the Princeton and Kaplan books respectively. I don't consider this a failure, though... the quality of the questions more than makes up for an inadequate review section. This should be the last book you use as it's the most similar to the real test. I recommend doing every single problem in the book and doing at least a dozen of the suggested essays. Give yourself time allotments to finish groups of questions - this will help you focus. And then do as many full practice tests as possible. I ended up taking over 10 practice exams, half of those in the week before the test. I scored in the 96th percentile on my first and only exam with a perfect score on the essays. I did this using only books and didn't take an expensive class. It takes a lot of time, but it pays off.  Sufficiently Pleased I bought this book to be used as the required text for a GMAT prep course I am taking. I've only been using the book for a week now, so my review is still in it's very early stages. Two things I might mention: 1. Another student in my class bought the same book,same edition through Amazon. Her book is oddly enough different from mine. A good way to check to see if you've received a more recent version is to go the to Data Sufficiecny section. At the beginning of that section there are the "Directions". The most recent book will have Directions A through E. The slightly older version will have Directions A through D. MAKE SURE YOU GET THE VERSION WITH A-E!!!! 2. The review of basic math skills could offer more. If you haven't used these skills in some time, you will find other resources will be necessary in order to regain those skills. I've been using online materials to help me. Great book Great guide. You need to buy this book if you are taking the GMAT!! | |||||||||||||